expiration

  1. Noun.  The act of expiring.
  2. Noun.  The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
  3. Noun.  Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
  4. Noun.  The last emission of breath; death.
  5. Noun.  A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
  6. Noun.  That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

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